The Best Literary Agents Seeking Nonfiction Submissions

💼 Agency: MK Agency

🌍 Location: Brisbane, AU

🧑‍💻 Website: https://www.margaretkennedyagency.com/

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Literary Fiction, Nonfiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Biography, Commercial Fiction, History, Memoir, Politics

Previous clients: Building a client list

💼 Agency: CookeMcDermid

🌍 Location: Toronto, CA

🧑‍💻 Website: https://cookemcdermid.com/

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through QueryManager

Genres: Fiction, Commercial Fiction, Literary Fiction, Nonfiction, Memoir, Self-Help, Business Book, Crime Fiction, Diverse Fiction, Feminism, Graphic Novel, Historical Fiction, History, Humor, LGBTQ, Mystery, Narrative Nonfiction, Politics, Psychology, Thriller, Upmarket Fiction, Women's Fiction

Previous clients: Zoey Leigh Peterson, Tima Kurdi, Michael Crummey, Robyn Doolittle, Cathal Kelly

💼 Agency: The Stuart Agency

🌍 Location: New York, US

🧑‍💻 Website: http://www.stuartagency.com

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email or online form

Genres: Fiction, Literary Fiction, Nonfiction, Business Book, Memoir, Narrative Nonfiction, Politics, Sports, Commercial Fiction, History

Previous clients: Kathleen Parker, William Dietrich, Maia Szalavitz, Kevin Guzman, Kenneth Kamler, Leonard Felder

💼 Agency: Prospect Agency

🌍 Location: Newark, US

🧑‍💻 Website: http://www.prospectagency.com

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through online form

Genres: Nonfiction, Memoir, Children's Book, Picture Book, Biography, Fiction

Previous clients: Liz Goulet Dubois, Aimee Hagerty Johnson, Melissa Coffey, Corey Schwartz

💼 Agency: Sterling Lord Literistic Inc.

🌍 Location: New York City, US

🧑‍💻 Website: https://www.sll.com/

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Commercial Fiction, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Women's Fiction, Nonfiction, Memoir, LGBTQ, Spirituality

Previous clients: Richard Paul Evans, Rachel Maddow, Matt Richtel, Hannah Gadsby, Shankar Vedantam

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💼 Agency: Dystel, Goderich & Bourret

🌍 Location: New York, US

🧑‍💻 Website: https://www.dystel.com/rene-kooiker

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries via QueryManager

Genres: Commercial Fiction, Crime Fiction, Diverse Fiction, Fiction, Horror, Literary Fiction, Mystery, Narrative Nonfiction, Nonfiction, Politics, Thriller, Women's Fiction, History, Upmarket Fiction

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💼 Agency: Writers House

🌍 Location: New York, US

🧑‍💻 Website: http://www.writershouse.com/

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Commercial Fiction, Literary Fiction, Thriller, Nonfiction, BIPOC, Historical Fiction

Previous clients: John McWhorter, Louis Bayard, Matt Siegel, Lisa Napoli

💼 Agency: Calligraph Literary Agency

🌍 Location: New York, US

🧑‍💻 Website: https://www.calligraphlit.com/

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Nonfiction, Politics, Biography, History

Previous clients: Frances Fitzgerald, Norman Mailer, Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot, Nigel Hamilton

💼 Agency: The Aaron M. Priest Literary Agency

🌍 Location: New York, US

🧑‍💻 Website: http://aaronpriest.com/

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Commercial Fiction, Literary Fiction, Women's Fiction, Memoir, Chick Lit, Narrative Nonfiction, Nonfiction

Previous clients: Brenda Joyce, Peter Charles Melman, Frances Sherwood, Elizabeth Diamond

💼 Agency: Steelworks Literary

🌍 Location: New York, US

🧑‍💻 Website: https://steelworksliterary.com/

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Genres: Children's Book, Fiction, Graphic Novel, Middle Grade, Picture Book, Nonfiction

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